India’s Narendra Modi’s government and former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina are two sides of the same coin.
Sheikh Hasina continued to hollow out the roots of Bangladesh by becoming a puppet in the hands of India to fulfil the Indian agenda. Modi and Sheikh Hasina's regimes are tainted by atrocities on opponents, restrictions on freedom of expression, extrajudicial killings and violation of minority rights.
Sheikh Hasina failed as Bangladesh's prime minister and controlled the voices of her own people by supporting Indian policies. In the quest for power, Hasina imprisoned her political opponents Khaleda Zia and Mirza Fakhr-ul-Islam Alamgir, while political opponents were targeted several times during Modi’s two tenures also, a clear example of which is the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal before the Indian elections.
Sheikh Hasina formed the Rapid Action Battalion, through which more than 25,000 leaders were arrested and tortured, including hundreds of enforced disappearances, and Modi promoted Hindutva ideology through RSS bullies.
According to Amnesty International, Sheikh Hasina arrested more than 56 journalists under the Digital Security Act (DSA) to silence critical journalists, while Modi also targeted journalists with derogatory behaviour and 46 journalists of News Click faced false charges of terrorism.
Internet services were suspended for more than a month this year to silence critical voices against him, while the services were shut down more than 800 times under Modi's rule, Amnesty International added.
Between 2009 and 2024, more than 600 enforced disappearances and more than 3,000 extrajudicial killings were recorded. This year, Modi carried out more than 20 extrajudicial killings in neighbouring countries, which led to global humiliation for India.
Amnesty also said that more than 300 students were killed and more than 3,000 tortured in July alone, while 255 incidents of violence against Indian Muslims were reported during Modi's tenure. Modi has also curtailed Kashmir's rights by revoking Article 370.
Sheikh Hasina's ulterior motives and the Modi government's fascist policies have stained their hands with the blood of their own people. The pit that Hasina Wajid was digging during her tenure for decades during her tenure, she fell into it herself at the hand of her own people, and resorted to her Indian masters for shelter.
